Drug Info Center

Guide for Finding Full-Text Journal Articles

The guide below lists the steps for obtaining full-text articles based upon resources available at the Drug Information Center(DIC), Davis Library and Internet resources. The steps should be accomplished in sequence.

1. DIC Holdings
   Check DIC Journal journal holdings
2. Davis Library Mult-Search 
   To search for a full-text article, select the Multi-Search Tab, then enter a keyword within journal article, eg, within title, abstract, or body; or go to the "Advanced Search" link and enter search terms according to your search field, eg, author, title, abstract, etc. To search for a specific journal title, select the "Journals" tab, enter journal title or words within. (Major DIC journals are also listed in the Davis On-line Catalog (WebPAC). For finding full-text journals, an option would be to use the "Full Text Journal Finder.")
3. PubMed Single Citation Matcher
4. UK PubMed Central (UKs free full-text archive of biomedical and life sciences journal literature; some overlap with NIH PubMed Central)
5. Interlibrary Loan (ILL)The request form for obtaining an article via ILL can be accomplished thru the Internet to Davis; click here, fill out electronic form and submit it. 
   

Updated Feb 2012